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CLINICAL NURSE LEADER (CNL) CERTIFICATION EXAM 2024-2025 SUMMER STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ CLINICAL NURSE LEADER (CNL) CERTIFICATION EXAM 2024-2025 SUMMER
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In what settings are CNLs currently practicing?
a. Outpatient clinics
b. School health
c. Acute-care hospitals
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
Nursing is discipline that
a. is relationship-based.
b. was evidence-based since its inception.
c. is slightly outmoded.
d. tends to shun problem solving.
a. is relationship-based.
With changes in the Affordable Care Act, ________ Americans will have access to health services.
a. fewer
b. all
c. more
d. the same number of
c. more
It could be said that nursing ________ the work of physicians.
a. best complements
b. goes against
c. is unrelated to
d. corrects
a. best complements
Which of the following is a CNL role?
d. graduates require additional education before being eligible to sit for the CNL Certification Examination.
a. the graduate does not meet the criteria for advanced practice registered nursing scope of practice.
How many models for graduate CNL education programs have emerged?
a. 2
b. 5
c. 8
d. 15
b. 5
The CNL role is involved in organizational improvements that are
a. relationship based.
b. outcome based.
c. evidence based.
d. both b and c, above
d. both b and c, above
The CNL role includes:
a. client and community advocacy.
b. evidence-based practice.
c. oversite of care delivery and outcomes.
d. all of the above
a. client and community advocacy.
Which statement is true about practice settings for the CNL?
a. The CNL role is designed for the acute-care hospital setting.
b. CNLs practice in all healthcare settings.
c. The design of the CNL curriculum is such that CNLs cannot move from one practice setting to another.
d. The CNL's quality improvement and care coordination training is applicable only to acute-care settings.
b. CNLs practice in all healthcare settings.
The clinical nurse leader role is the first new nursing role in
A 2012 U.S. Department of Labor report projected that the number of employed nurses would change from 2.74 million in 2010 to ________ in 2020.
a. 2.34 million
b. 3 million
c. 3.45 million
d. over 8 million
c. 3.45 million
In The Future of Nursing, the Institute of Nursing called for ________ of the nursing workforce to have at least a baccalaureate degree by 2020.
a. 45%
b. 60%
c. 80%
d. 95%
c. 80%
In The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, the Institute of Medicine
a. specifically addresses the CNL role at 15 different points.
b. is compatible with the CNL role.
c. calls the CNL role "experimental."
d. was written by CNLs.
b. is compatible with the CNL role.
In terms of practice setting, the CNL works in
a. acute settings only.
b. all practice settings.
c. public health only.
d. settings distant from clinical practice.
b. all practice settings
Core competencies of the CNL include
a. communication.
Which is a CNL professional value?
a. Defiance
b. Altruism
c. Rigidity
d. Anonymity
b. Altruism
One type of assessment analyzes the ________ between current and desired states.
a. partnership
b. guilty individuals responsible for the difference
c. gap
d. equivalency
c. gap
Which of the following would signal an unmet need in the education arena?
a. Increased population diversity
b. A surplus of faculty members
c. Ample space
d. Adequate supply resources
a. Increased population diversity
CNL roles include
a. data interpreter.
b. care coordinator.
c. communicator.
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Partnerships ________ interdependencies.
a. reject
b. represent the viable alternative to
c. embrace
d. avoid
c. embrace
Gap analysis is a(n)
a. form of partnership.
b. type of needs assessment.
a. 6th century.
b. 14th century.
c. 19th century.
d. 21st century.
. 14th century.
The first element in the McKinsey 7-S framework is
a. style.
b. superiority.
c. structure.
d. simplicity.
c. structure.
Measurable improvement with economic value is shown by a
a. system readiness.
b. business case.
c. risk anticipation.
d. strategic plan.
b. business case.
A core competency of the CNL is:
a. communication.
b. analysis.
c. information management.
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
Crucial to the success of the CNL role immersion are:
a. operational control.
b. creation of a scorecard.
c. regularly scheduled meetings.
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
A role of the CNL is
The chief nurse executive must have ________ for how the CNL will be immersed in the care delivery model.
a. some idea, even if vague,
b. a gut feeling but no defined idea
c. a clear vision
d. no plan
c. a clear vision
Professional values of the CNL include
a. advocacy.
b. ethics.
c. accountability.
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
In the McKinsey 7-S framework, a soft element is
a. supervision.
b. skills.
c. secrecy.
d. systems.
b. skills.
A purpose of the CNL Spread Plan was to
a. integrate the CNL role into the patient care model.
b. gradually phase out the CNL role.
c. separate the CNL role from the patient care model.
d. sever collaborative partnerships.
a. integrate the CNL role into the patient care model.
A ________ identifies communication needs for both internal and external stakeholders.
a. measurable outcome
b. microsystem
c. communication plan
d. value
c. communication plan
a. leadership.
b. risk anticipation.
c. evidence-based practice.
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
The importance of approaching CNL implementation by first developing a ________ cannot be overemphasized.
a. vision of the CNL role imposed from authorities outside the organization
b. statement excluding stakeholders from the planning phase
c. shared vision and understanding of the CNL role
d. none of the above
a. vision of the CNL role imposed from authorities outside the organization
The CNL Spread Plan was designed to cover a ________ - year period.
a. 1
b. 5
c. 10
d. 25
b. 5
Stakeholders were ________ the CNL Spread Plan.
a. an important part of
b. not involved in
c. deliberately avoided in creating
d. eventually eliminated from
a. an important part of
The professional values of a CNL include:
a. collaboration.
b. accountability.
c. advocacy.
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
The CNL is a(n) ________ with a practice focus on the ________.
